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Sandford Holiday Park ( Parkdean Resorts )
Holton Heath
Poole
Dorset (Browse area)
BH16 6JZ
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Pitches: 734
Open: 04/02/2024 to 21/11/2024
04/02/2025 to 21/11/2025
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
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 No Bathroom |
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 No Battery Charging |
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 No Motorhome Point |
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| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
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 Evening Entertainment |
 No Fishing |
 No Wild Swimming |
 Indoor Pool On Site |
 Outdoor Pool On Site |
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 Golf On Site |
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 Beach <1 mile |
 Watersports <1 mile |
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| Date of Visit: May 2009 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Hawkinsfamily |
7 reviews from this member |
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 We stayed here on a wet and windy weekend in mid May along with my parents in their motorhome. As it was so wet and windy there was hardly anyone else there!
This park has a surprisingly large touring area for a holiday park with static vans. The pitches are excellent and are a good size. A lot of them have privet hedges around them, but there is also a wooded area and we were camped in an area called 'the paddock'.
When we booked, we were told that if we wanted to be pitched together we needed a serviced pitch as although the motorhome is very small they didn't have any suitable standard pitches. When we arrived there didn't seem to be many pitches without EHU, just the odd one here and there.
There were plenty of showers and toilets in the block we were near (the unisex block) and these were cleaned regularly. I can imagine though that when the site is full, these get very busy and may not be as clean.
The entertainment was good, but very loud and my 4 year old refused to go anywhere near it! It really didn't need to be quite as loud as it was.
We weren't very impressed with the indoor swimming pool. It was small and the water was quite murky. On the Sunday it was so busy that they had to have a band system and you were only allowed in the pool for a short period of time. There also wasn't enough changing facilities or chairs on the side of the pool.
We ate in the restaurant a couple of times and the food was excellent and very good value, so this was great.
The letdown on this site was that there was no proper playground for the kids. There was a pirate ship with a slide in the central courtyard and a couple of playhouses which entertained for a very short time, but they could do with a proper adventure playground nearer to the touring area.
Overall I liked this site, but felt it just needed a couple of things to improve it. 
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| Date of Visit: March 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Barjohnivell |
4 reviews from this member |
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Picked a crazy week in early March to visit this site so was subjected to rain all week and a waterlogged campsite, our fault though not the caravan parks.
Good facilities for the kids but I felt something was lacking, but this could have been the time of year. The toilets and showers were clean, although these did look a little shabby when we visited but that could have been the weather.
The entertainment was good for pre-season, and although there weren't many visitors we were given a good show.
I will admit we have stayed in better sites in Dorset, and it is a drive to anywhere especially the beaches (not that we went) but the nearby Farmer Palmers is superb and the kids enjoyed it.
I can't really say anything bad about the site and Park Dean are one of the better operators in my opinion but next time we're in dorset we'll be going to West Bay further round the coast.
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Jonandthegirls |
6 reviews from this member |
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Visited this site over Easter weekend and was a little disappointed to be honest. For a large site on a Bank Holiday weekend the entertainment was mediocre at best - the children's entertainers were good, but the adult cabaret acts were second rate and I've come to expect better from a site of this size.
The touring pitches were fine, but there was only a unisex toilet / shower block open which was not to our liking, a newish looking block nearby had signs on it when we arrived saying that it was closed until the end of march, which they soon changed to being closed until the summer when we pointed it out - very poor really, I'm guessing they just didn't want to employ someone to clean them.
Food in the clubhouse was of a reasonable standard and reasonably priced - about what you would expect.
I'm not sure I would use Sandford again - it hides behind it's size, and I've been to much better sites that don't charge any more and provide better quality facilities and entertainment. I'm booked on Parkdeans 'West Bay' site in november so will be able to report whether it is just Sandford, or the whole group which disappoints.
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| Date of Visit: April 2009 |
Unit: Trailer Tent |
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| Reviewer: Darby83 |
1 review from this member |
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I stayed at Sandford over the Easter weekend as part of a party of four adults and three children. We used two tents on two star pitches.
The pitches were sheltered and of a decent size - big enough for my large trailer tent and awning with room for my car.
Electric hook-up, water and light were provided on the pitch.
The toilets/showers were ample and clean, however the block nearest the star pitches was closed for cleaning for about an hour and a half, every day, from about 7.30am! There was also a large, unisex shower / toilet block about 2 minutes walk away.
A Costcutter shop was available on site and was well-stocked and reasonably priced.
The site has several fast-food places and a restaurant/carvery, however I didn't use these.
The site is well located - being about a 15 minute drive from Poole, and close enough to Bournemouth. Lulworth Castle and Durdle Door are very nearby.
'The Sandford' public house is just down the road, however I would advise others not to eat here. Service was slow and the food was overpriced and of poor quality; one dish was served undercooked and returned TWICE!
Evening entertainment at the park was varied and enjoyable. Cash bingo every night, followed by cabaret acts and a disco.
Drinks were reasonably priced (£3 a pint, 4 pint jugs were sold for £10). Fruit flavoured squash was provided free of charge for the kids on Easter Sunday.
There was lots for the children to do including entertainment by Lizzie the Lizzard and Sid the Seagull, amusement arcade, swimming pool and play area.
Crazy golf, ping-pong and cycle hire were available as well as peddle-along go-cart things however the cycles and go-carts were very expensive (up to £8 per hour).
The staff and troupers were friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
The park was clean and tidy throughout.
All-in-all I cannot recommend this campsite highly enough. I will definitely be returning in the Summer.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Happymagic |
3 reviews from this member |
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We love this place. What can we say its just got everything. The pitches are big and most are secluded by conifers. The staff are so friendly and helpful. More lights around the touring fields would be good. Gets very dark at night.
Our children love this park and never get bored of it. We've been going since 2002. We decided to buy our own tourer so we could afford more holidays. As so much cheaper. The prices are quite high but it does include club passes.
There's an indoor/outdoor swimming pool. Kids play area. Evening entertainment. Great restaurant and the food is lovely. There's a bar and big screen tv. Takeaway. Bingo. Sid and lizzy to amuse the little ones. Teenager challenges. Shop. Internet access. Bike hire. Trampolines. Security guards. Arcades. Club house etc. It's got everything.
The toilet blocks are clean. There's always a member of staff around should you need one. Yes gets very busy. But were not surprised. If you try sandford we really hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We pick the star pitches so we don't have to walk to fill up the aqua roll etc. Tv reception is good.
There's a dog walk area. There's loads I've probably missed out but check the park out on the net. Happy holidays. We rate this park 9/10.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
Unit: Static |
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| Reviewer: Thelasthighland |
1 review from this member |
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The site is very clean. Male toilets in main entertainment room very small downstairs 2 urinals and 1 pan.
Troopers are great work hard throughout the day and night. Bar staff are friendly.
The restaurant is pricey for the food you get. Takeaway venue also bit expensive
£1.70 for a portion of chips.
Outside poole is a bit small and was overcrowded. I saw several families leaving the pool in their swimming gear and walk towards near by park which does not have a pool. I suspect they were using the pool as passes are not checked. Passes were not checked on inside pool where there was a queue outside waiting to go in. This was a bit disappointing I suspect holiday members were not based at sandford were using the facilities. This also applies to the entertainment lounge where passes were rarely checked.
Entertainment was brilliant good for children and adults.
Starts at 6 pm you have to get there pretty early to get seats.
Location good for local buses the stop is just outside.
Arcade is ok but a bit dated on the machine side.
Nice park but if you like to relax by the pool you will have to be there early.
7/10 for park
9/10 entertainment
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Cindy48 |
5 reviews from this member |
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We have just visited this holiday park, yes it was lovely & clean, we had a large pitch for our tent, the evening entertainment was good, the shop was always stocked up, in the brochure it said about the dj workshops for the over 11's running from 26th july until the end of august but when my son asked about it he was told they only run them in the winter, the only indoor stuff for the little ones was a ball pit & that was not that good.
The clubhouse was lovely, the food was not that good, the only food that was really nice was the pizza's, burgers & the sausages, the chips where raw nearly.
The only thing that did upset us was that it was the first year my daughter who is nearly 2 half years old, understood what was going on & we took photo's of her having fun in the pool & we where told that we where not aloud to take photo's & other parents got told off about it as well.
The main question is would we go back again: The answer is NO
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| Date of Visit: July 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Hayley =) |
2 reviews from this member |
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We went to this site in July/August and found it way different to what everyone else's reviews said it was. It had many facilities that everyone was welcome to use and you were even allowed to use them prior to your check in.
The pitches for the camping and caravan bit were reasonably sized with some pitches being larger (star pitches, where you got a massive pitch all to your self. 4 electric hookups and 2 water taps.)
The toilet blocks were spotless and were cleaned every few hours. The showers were hot and a good size. There were 5/4 in the womens toilet block and the same in the mens. There was also two other shower/toilet blocks but we didn't use them as they were too far away.
The entertainment for kids was good as there was a pirate ship in the plaza, 2 swimming pools and kids activities in the arcade and the club.
At night there was entertainment for the kids with sammy the seagul and lizzie lizard and then it was bingo and after bingo there would be the 2 cabarets one/both of them by the entertainment crew (troupers) and then a visitor on 3 days. After that they would do something like a disco until it closed. There was a bar at the back of the room and there was lots of seating downstairs as well as on the balcony.
There was also a shop which sold toys and t-shirts and everything like that. There was also the resturant but you had to book a table sometimes. There was a costcutter on site which sold everything you needed. There was a take away too which sold everything from burgers to chips and sausages. There was a pizzeria on site too but it was a bit expensive.
Go Karts were also available for hire to go around the park on which were a good idea as the site is quite large. Crazy Golf and Ping Pong are available too. And there is a tennis court but you had to book for that.
Around the park there was nearby Wareham with a few shops.A bit further away there was Poole and Bournemouth, both with good beaches. About 13 miles away was Durdle Door and Lulworth cove (both with beaches). You could catch the ferry from Poole to Swanage for a small fee. All of the surrounding towns had shops. Tesco and Asda were in Poole and there was a Somerfield in Wareham.
Overall a really really good site and would definetley go back again.
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| Date of Visit: March 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Luluboo |
9 reviews from this member |
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We visited this site last weekend for the first time. It was very busy due to it being Easter so we were unable to take full advantage of some facilities. There is a good selection of services and food outlets on site, we went off site to the nearby Bakers Arms(about a 10 minute drive) which we would highly recomend.
This is a very family orientated site and we felt a little out of place being a couple. There was a good variety of entertainment, including Bingo, family shows and tribute acts that seemed to please all ages. The staff were hard working and very plesent. On the bad side, the toilets were disgusting, we were at the far end of the site with our touring van and only one mixed set of toilets were open despite the large number of people! They were dirty, with a large amount of them not working. The other down side is that the touring pitches are quiet tight (as mentioned by tomo50) and our first pitch had broken hook up!
Would we visit Sandford again? yes probably, it's a fantastic base for exploring Dorset and has all the facilities that you would expect, just a shame about the toilets / showers.
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| Date of Visit: October 2007 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Tomo50 |
27 reviews from this member |
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Nice place to stay to explore Dorset. Very clean, but some tiolet blocks in need of maintainance - lights etc. More lighting needed around camping area - pitch black at night time. Reasonable prices on beer, food, shop, childrens activities. No loud noise at night from club - very well sound proofed. Very friendly helpful staff. Touring pitches a nightmare to park and get out of - very tight against fir trees which also affect TV reception - we had none for a week even with a brand new van and aeriel. Could do with a proper play park for the children especailly near to camping area which is at the top end of the site. There is just 1 wooden climbing frame. At the centre of the complex is a wooden pirate ship to play on and a couple of wendy houses - which I must say were my 4yr olds favourite! - Would I stay again? Probably - I did enjoy my stay.
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